piece of the puzzle

noun phrase

: part of the solution to a question or problem

Researchers are close to finding a solution, but they haven't found the final pieces of the puzzle.

The restaurant is trying to attract more customers, and the new menu is an important piece of the puzzle.

Examples of piece of the puzzle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Follow the water Our work has filled in a piece of the puzzle of how water is lost from planets, which affects how habitable a planet is for life. —Eryn Cangi, The Conversation, 6 May 2024

And the Matthew Goode aspect was also a very movable piece of the puzzle. —Adam B. Vary, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024

Read the full Gemini Daily Horoscope Cancer (June 22 - July 22) Receiving a missing piece of the puzzle? —USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024

Then, late Thursday, a piece of the puzzle fell into place. —Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024

Just one piece of the puzzle Rising insurance premiums are only part of the picture, as nearly all of the expenses associated with car ownership have soared in the past year. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024

Care navigation support will be another key piece of the puzzle to help people identify in-network providers, schedule appointments, and understand test results. —Robin Cole, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024

His conclusion: a highly speculative area of physics, string theory, could provide the missing piece of the puzzle between the monster and the sequence of numbers. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024

These revelations have reshaped how researchers think about programmed cell death, and Aravind recently discovered another piece of the puzzle. —Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024